August 15, 2009
TIGER WOODS LEADS PGA AFTER THREE ROUNDS
CHASKA, Minn. -- Tiger Woods is one round away from winning another major, with more company than he wanted. Equipped with a four-shot lead Saturday at the PGA Championship, Woods...
MICHAEL VICK SHOWS ARM STRENGTH IN FIRST PRACTICE
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Vick flicked his wrist and fired tight spirals deep downfield. A two-year layoff sure didn't hurt Vick's arm strength. He showed off his skills Saturday in his...
METS LOSE; DAVID WRIGHT HIT IN HEAD BY PITCH
A masterful pitching duel turned ugly after David Wright was hit in the helmet by a pitch from Matt Cain, and Bengie Molina homered in the 10th inning to give...
Wright exits game after beaning
David Wright left today's game and was taken to a local hospital for observation after getting hit in the helmet by a 94 mph fastball from the Giants' Matt Cain...
Beltran still talking comeback
Carlos Beltran felt good enough after working out on consecutive days that the Mets' All-Star center fielder still hopes to come off the disabled list this season.Beltran, who has been...
Wagner returning within a week
Former closer Billy Wagner has finished his rehab work and is expected to rejoin the Mets sometime next week, Jerry Manuel said before today's game with the Giants. Manuel didn't...
Both starting CBs out for preseason opener
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - Several starters have been ruled out of Monday night's preseason opener against the Panthers.Both starting cornerbacks, Corey Webster and Aaron Ross, won't play. Also out are...
MAN AT OFF-TRACK BETTING PARLOR FALLS THROUGH SIDEWALK METAL PLATE
A wealthy downtown businessman who loves the horses toppled 30 feet through a rusted-out metal plate on a sidewalk in Tribeca today after stepping out of an OTB to smoke...
HEALTH OFFICIALS DRILL FOR BIOTERROR ATTACK
New York City is getting ready for a massive anthrax attack -- even if it never happens. The Department of Health is conducting a drill Saturday to assess the city's...
Injury gives another RB opportunity
BY PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY - There did not seem to be any place to put Allen Patrick on the Giants roster, not with four running backs ahead of him, all virtual...
BOLLYWOOD ICON DOWNPLAYS 'DETENTION' AT NEWARK AIRPORT
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday downplayed being questioned at a U.S. airport, saying it was part of a necessary but unfortunate procedure. Khan, one of the Indian film...
WILDFIRES SCORCH PARCHED CALIFORNIA
DAVENPORT, Calif. -- Thick, white smoke filled the air around Santa Cruz Saturday as firefighters battled a Northern California wildfire in steep, rugged terrain. The Lockheed Fire in the Santa...
MICHAEL VICK BACK ON NFL FIELD
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Vick is on an NFL practice field for the first time since serving his prison sentence. Vick ran the scout team offense in Saturday morning's walkthrough practice...
QUEENS CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE 'THREW' PUNCH
A candidate for New York's City Council is accused of throwing a punch at a political rival during a dispute in a Board of Elections office. Former City Councilman Allan...
MICHAEL JACKSON HELD IN DEEP FREEZE
Michael Jackson is on the rocks. The body of the late King of Pop is being kept in a freezer at Forest Lawn in Hollywood Hills, a family source told...
Game 116: Giants at Mets
Johan Santana will be looking for his 14th victory of the season and his third consecutive start of at least eight innings today when he takes on the Giants at...
Coverage in The Post
Their playoff chances might be all but history, but Bobby Parnell gave the Mets a nice glimpse of what they hope is the future Friday night in a 3-0 win...
NY CELEBRATES 40 YEARS SINCE WOODSTOCK
BETHEL, N.Y. -- Celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Woodstock are taking place all weekend, and some musicians who played the legendary music festival are performing on the site of...
EX-PROFESSOR GETS PRISON FOR CHILD PORN
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- A former professor at Marist College has been sentenced to 1-3 years in state prison for keeping child pornography on his computers at the school. James Kent...
FINLAND: RANSOM DEMANDED FOR MISSING SHIP
MOSCOW -- A ransom demand has been received for the return of a Russian-manned freighter that went missing last month in the Atlantic, Finnish investigators said Saturday. It was not...
MEGHAN MCCAIN, BLONDE BOMB SHELL
I liked Meghan McCain. In her faux hipster Urban Outfitter threads, she attempted to humanize her cantankerous, over-the-hill father during the presidential election with her "cute" bloggette. She recommended bands,...
7 DEAD IN KABUL BLAST NEAR NATO HQ
KABUL -- A suicide car bomber struck near the front gate of NATO headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, killing seven people and wounding nearly 100 in a brazen daylight attack...
TEIXEIRA'S BLAST IN THE NINTH KO'S M'S
SEATTLE -- What does an MVP look like? He stands in the box in the top of the ninth with the score tied on the road and crushes a home...
RED BULLS ARE PLAYING FOR PRIDE
Mike Petke called the Red Bulls' Champions League 2-1 loss to W Connection the low point of his career. It essentially ended their season and insured an offseason overhaul that...
NEWS TUNES
THIS isn't your mama's C-Span. The latest YouTube craze, "Auto-Tune the News" is a series of videos that start out like a stodgy edition of "Meet the Press" -- and...
FANTASY OWNERS CAN BENEFIT FROM AL ROSTER CHANGES
PLAYERS are rapidly changing addresses and roles with the trade deadline in the rear-view mirror, some waiver deals going through and contenders making last-ditch moves with pennant races nearing their...
SHARED BACKFIELDS MAKE DRAFTING RBS A TOUGH TASK
With the NFL season fast approaching, it's time to get prepared for your fantasy draft. In Part 3 of a five-part series, the Fantasy Tracker gives you a look at...
SAGE SPARKS VIKES
In Indianapolis, Sage Rosenfels led the Vikings on scoring drives on the first two series, helping Minnesota to a 13-3 win over the Colts last night. Rosenfels completed 10 of...
MANNING FINALLY SIGNS MEGA-DEAL
ALBANY -- With the first preseason game arriving Monday night, it was no time for Eli Manning to be waiting to sign the six-year, $97.5 million extension that contractually binds...
STANDING TALL WITH SHORT GAME
CHASKA, Minn. -- When Greg Bisconti teed-it up for his second round of the 91st PGA Championship yesterday, his goal was simply to give himself a chance to make the...
WICKED WIND NO WORRY AS WOODS BUILDS ON LEAD
CHASKA, Minn. -- There's a general feeling around golf these days that those who compete against Tiger Woods don't quite have the tenacity, much less the talent, to challenge the...
STRICT GAME-DAY REGIMEN KEY TO TEIXEIRA'S SUCCESS
By the time Mark Teixeira is done driving home from games, he has drunk three bottles of water. He has two immediately following the game and one in his car...
HIGH LINE LOWDOWN
THERE'S more to do than just walk and gawk on the High Line. Rambling with wildlife and some of the best river views in New York on what was once...
NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO RETIRE PIAZZA'S NUMBER
The Mets don't look like they are going to retire Mike Piazza's number any time soon.BOX SCOREMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTERCHANGES AT CITI FIELD Piazza and the Mets parted ways after...
NEATPACKING
DOWNTOWN Manhattan always has something going on if you know where to find it. But who would've ever guessed the much-mocked Meatpacking District would once again become a destination spot...
DUQUETTE: RICCO READY TO RUN A TEAM
JIM Duquette knows what it's like to be in the middle of stormy seas with the Mets and what's it's like to have success with the team.BOX SCOREMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON...
NETWORKING SITE HELPS CLEAR UP SPUNKY-GATE
FACEBOOK is the fastest-growing social networking site in the world today with more than 250 million active members worldwide. This week I discovered that trainers and jockeys are into the...
ED FOUNTAINE'S STAKES SPOT PLAYS
MONMOUTH OAKS Monmouth Park, 9th race. Grade 3. Purse: $200,000. Mile-and-a-sixteenth, 3-year-old fillies. Post: 4:50 p.m. LOWDOWN: Just Jenda was so highly regarded earlier this year, she was just 6-1...
EMOTIONAL BAFFERT ENTERS HALL
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Everyone already knew Bob Baffert could train a race horse, and that he could crack a joke. But what the standing-room only crowd discovered at yesterday's induction...
WHAT'S UP?
Today AQUARIUS REVISITED: Think peace and love, minus the hippies and mud, when students from the Paul Green School of Rock (ages 7 to 17) rock out in a Woodstock...
ON THE TOWN
BEEN there, done that, got the (overpriced) T-shirt. So it seems when you're entertaining jaded kids from out of town. Why not show them the real New York? Try these...
JUDGE BLASTS EX-HEALTH BIG
ALBANY -- A judge upbraided former US Surgeon General Antonia Novello for "arrogance" and for treating state Health Department workers like "household servants" as he accepted the terms of a...
MORE $PRITZ FOR NY STATE
New York state can tap 80 percent of unclaimed deposits on beer and soda containers, a judge ruled yesterday. The decision by Manhattan federal Judge Deborah Batts is expected to...
QNS. DAD DROWNS SAVING WIFE, CHILD
A hero Queens father drowned in the Rockaways yesterday after racing into the dangerous surf to rescue his wife and 10-year-old daughter, police and relatives said. Jose-Luis Olivares, 36, of...
FREAKY SQUEAKY IS FREE WOMAN
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, the Charles Manson "family" member who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford, was paroled yesterday after 34 years behind bars. US prison officials said only that Fromme,...
$60M FOR BOTCHED THIGH OP
Who's the biggest loser? In this case, the doctor. A Bronx jury has awarded $60 million in damages to a woman who lost 200 pounds after a gastric bypass, went...
LI TEEN STRUCK IN A DWI DIES
A Long Island teen struck by a drunken driver has died. Caroline Goss, 34, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.13 when she struck Joseph Marino, 15, on his bike Wednesday...
BLAST ROCKS KABUL
A Taliban operative detonated a massive suicide car bomb near NATO headquarters in Afghanistan last night, rocking the capital, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more. Bloodied and...
MOM FORCES BOYS TO FIGHT
TARENTUM, Pa. -- A western Pennsylvania woman and her boyfriend forced the woman's sons -- a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old -- to fight each other as the couple watched, police...
SCOPING & HOPING
A $30,000, high-powered telescope has its sights trained on a permanent home. The nonprofit Montauk Observatory has bought the 800- pound telescope, but it now sits in a shed near...
PROBATION FOR BATHING BEAST
XENIA, Ohio -- A man accused of harassing women and girls while wearing a green one-piece woman's swimsuit has been sentenced to three years of probation. Kevin Miller, 41, of...
COPS WEED OUT $1M DOPE DUO
Two upstate men face drug charges after state police say they were involved in a shipment of more than 200 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $1 million. Police seized...
CAR CRASH NOT PHELPS' FAULT
BALTIMORE -- Baltimore police say the other driver was at fault in a crash involving Olympic champion Michael Phelps. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the female driver ran a red...
LOVE-GOV GAL 'SEEN'
Gov. Mark Sanford's Argentinian lover has been secretly in South Carolina for several days -- and may have been seeing the scandal-scarred pol, according to a blog run by his...
'KICK-ASS' POL IN 2ND DWI BUST
BALLSTON SPA, NY -- A Republican pol nicknamed "Congressman Kick-Ass" by President George W. Bush for his role in the 2000 presidential election was indicted yesterday in Saratoga County for...
'OWE'-TB RETIREE-$$ WOE
Not only has the city's Off-Track Betting Corp. accumulated debts of $38 million, it's also saddled with $190 million in future retirement-benefit bills for 1,300 employees, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli...
'BRAVEST' TRAGEDY
A firefighter died after suffering a stroke on the job. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and fire officials say firefighter Paul Warhola died yesterday morning at Bellevue Hospital. Warhola was a 15-year...
BETTY FAN SELLS OFF CAD ARCHIE'S NO. 1
DALLAS -- When Dave Luebke heard that, after 67 years, Archie, that carrot-topped everyman of the comic world, was proposing to va-va-voomy rich girl Veronica instead of girl next door...
DECENT MAN IS ON TARGET IN TIGHT SPOT
ON the streets and in the stores of Harlem, Charles Augusto Jr. is a caped crusader. Elderly and unassuming, the senior is a savior to the neighborhood in which he...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
Queens A man was arrested yesterday for fondling a 13-year-old girl at a city pool in East Elmhurst, police said. Julio Aiparcaja, of Corona, was nabbed by a cop assigned...
COPS BUST UP JON-KATE SPAT
The "Jon and Kate" saga became a police matter when Pennsylvania cops were called in to end a screaming match between the two reality-TV show stars. Kate Gosselin left in...
HUGE SLAY-COP JURY POOL
JOLIET, Ill. -- About 240 potential jurors in the murder trial of ex-Police Sgt. Drew Peterson were asked yesterday to fill out questionnaires -- although no trial date has been...
STROKE OF BAD 'LUCK'
Now, that's whack! A drug-addled grandfather gave cops the following explanation after getting photographed allegedly masturbating on a 3 train: "It just popped out!" "Yes, that's me in the pictures,"...
SON BUSTED IN 'FLOOR MA' OUTRAGE
A 64-year-old Long Island mom is fighting for her life after she spent two days lying unconscious on her kitchen floor while her indifferent son -- a nursing-home employee --...
VETERAN VENDOR'S 'DOG'FIGHT
The city yesterday fired back in a wiener war against military veterans selling hot dogs and other eats outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, booting them from the lucrative location....
HELPLESS TO SAVE MY PALS
It was 46 hours of pure hell. Speaking about his harrowing ordeal for the first time, the miracle survivor of a Florida boat capsizing that killed three football players in...
DEM SPIN ON 120G DEEJAY
ALBANY -- The hits keep coming for the Senate Democrats. Amid the most severe fiscal crisis in recent memory and a state hiring freeze, the Senate majority is spending $430,000...
SCHOOL BOSS BLOOMY FLEXES POLICY MUSCLE
Mayor Bloomberg announced his eight appointments to the 13-member Panel for Educational Policy yesterday -- a board whose composition was at the heart of the debate over renewing mayoral control...
SLAY CABBY 'NOT GABBY'
A taxi driver who ran over and killed an 8-year-old boy Thursday afternoon was not talking on his cellphone at the time of the accident, police said yesterday. Witnesses to...
FEDS WANT LAWYER OFF MOB CASE
The feds are seeking to disqualify the lawyer for an allegedly mobbed-up contractors' representative accused of paying bribes in a massive labor-racketeering scheme. The scheme led to the ouster of...
E-MAIL FEVER GIVES HOUSE WEB SITE A HEADACHE
WASHINGTON -- The health-care reform plan has knocked a congressional Web site into intensive care. The Internet system serving the House of Representatives remained sluggish yesterday -- as voters from...
NADLER PHONES IT IN
New York Rep. Jerrold Nadler is having his first health-care town-hall forum on Monday night -- it just won't be with any actual people in the room. The Democratic congressman...
20G PARTY 'PAYBACK'
Brooklyn Councilman Bill de Blasio paid $20,000 to the for-profit arm of the influential Working Families Party last week as news accounts questioned the extent of its support for his...
BERN FEDS GOING FOR BROKERS
The feds are looking for some celeb-friendly salespeople who want a piece of fraudster Bernard Madoff's former empire. The US Marshals Service yesterday posted a solicitation on its Web site...
RECKLESS 'POLICIES'
President Obama tore into insurance companies during a town-hall meeting in Montana yesterday, portraying them as the villains in America's dysfunctional health-care system. Americans are "held hostage by health-insurance companies...
GOV'S RED-INK VETO PEN
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson has "reluctantly" vetoed a bill that would have created a $3 million hot line to tell state agencies about suspected abuse of adults in state health...
VLADIMIR POOCHY
They make quite a couple! Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) and President Dmitry Medvedev are spending some serious quality time together. The pals strolled near the Black Sea beachfront...
STICKING BY RICK
Rick Pitino's 2003 tabletop tryst with Karen Sypher that resulted in an abortion, an alleged extortion -- and clearly humiliation -- did not cost him his coaching job and it...
TACONIC HUBBY ON THE GRILL
State police yesterday conducted the first in-depth interview with Daniel Schuler, the husband of the wrong-way driver who caused the horror highway crash that killed eight people, cops said yesterday....
'I'D SHOOT AGAIN IF I HAD TO
"I'd do it again if I had to." Those were the first defiant words out of no-nonsense businessman Charles Augusto Jr.'s mouth yesterday as he came back to work less...
OH, GOD, OMAROSA!
DAYTON, Ohio -- This may come as a surprise to anyone who has seen her villainous ways on reality TV: Omarosa is entering an Ohio seminary to study for the...
GEORGE MICHAEL IN TRUCK SMASH
A "dazed" George Michael was briefly held by police last night after he slammed his Land Rover into the back of a seven-ton truck outside London, according to published reports....
GABBY CONTROLLER DIDN'T WARN PILOT: FEDS
A Teterboro flight controller should have alerted a doomed small-plane pilot to dangerous air traffic ahead -- including the chopper it struck -- instead of talking on the phone about...
DYLAN'S A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
He may have written "Rainy Day Woman," but to one New Jersey cop, Bob Dylan was little more than a crazed bag lady standing in the rain. The bizarro rock...
60G EXTORT SHERIFF COPS PLEA
TRENTON, NJ -- A suspended sheriff's officer in New Jersey has admitted demanding $60,000 from an inmate. Lee Maimone pleaded guilty to second-degree theft by extortion. Under a plea deal,...
LIBERTY HIT HOME LOW
Disgraceful. Truly inexcusable. The Liberty returned home last night from a five-game West Coast trip convinced they were a recharged team. They were primed for a second-half surge that would...
RYAN GETS FIRST TASTE OF DEFEAT
Rex Ryan, stepping out of the happy-go-lucky mode he's been in since being hired as the Jets' head coach, showed a hint of the first sign of anger after last...
OPTIMISM FOR BELTRAN'S RETURN
Manager Jerry Manuel used some words yesterday that have been as foreign as Sanskrit around the Mets this season.BOX SCOREMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTERCHANGES AT CITI FIELD "That was good news...
RAISE THE WOOF
PHILADELPHIA -- Without minimizing the agony of Jeffrey Lurie, owner of two dogs, over his decision to pay up to $6.8 million to someone who hung, electrocuted and drowned them,...
GIANTS GLAD VICK GETS 2ND CHANCE
ALBANY -- Osi Umenyiora rolled out the welcome mat to usher Michael Vick back into the NFL, and then the Giants defensive end issued a warning as to what the...
VETS TAKE TO SPA TURF
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- Old-timers are the focus this afternoon at the Old Spa when a salty band of veteran turf horses goes a mile-and-a-half over the inner course in the...
JOBA GETS TABBED FOR TOMORROW
SEATTLE -- As expected, manager Joe Girardi announced yesterday that Joba Chamberlain will start tomorrow against the Mariners instead of Wednesday against the Athletics in Oakland. BOX SCORE "After an...
HONDO DOUBLES DOWN
Hondo went from sweep to swept, losing brutally last night with Angels and Padres to erase all of Thurs day's good work and raise the deficit to 540 hitchcocks. Today,...
PARNELL GEM OFFERS GLIMMER OF HOPE
This qualified as the Mets' most promising development in months. BOX SCOREMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTERCHANGES AT CITI FIELD Bobby Parnell served notice last night that there might be at least...
LIVAN HIM IN: MANUEL STILL HASN'T LOST FAITH
Livan Hernandez still has something left. That was manager Jerry Manuel's reasoning in deciding yesterday to keep the struggling right-hander in the Mets' starting rotation. Hernandez will take his scheduled...
THIS MESS WENT FROM 'RIP CITY' TO R.I.P. CITI
THE number "69" was cut into the center-field grass at Citi Field last night. The 1969 world champion Mets will be honored here next Saturday. BOX SCOREMETS BLOGHUBBUCH ON TWITTERCHANGES...
WALSH HIGH ON DARKO
Knicks team president Donnie Walsh isn't in the business of selling pipe dreams. He knew when he took over a dysfunctional and grossly over-the-cap Knicks franchise that there would be...
PERFORMANCE MAKES REX'S CHOICE EASY
MARK Sanchez by first- round knockout. JETS BLOG If Rex Ryan were forced at gunpoint to decide on his Opening Day quarterback today, Sanchez would be his man. Sanchez (3-4,...
NO TIME FOR CLOWN-ING AROUND
August is David Clowney's time of year. JETS BLOG For the second straight preseason, the Jets speedster made an impact. Now he just needs to figure out how to extend...
SANCHEZ SPARKLES IN HIS NFL DEBUT
Sure, it was one series, one throw, one moment. JETS BLOG But Mark Sanchez's flashy NFL preseason debut last night's 23-20 loss to the Rams sure had the look of...
N.J. REACHES L.L. FINALS
New Jersey's Somerset Hills Little League dispatched the Pennsylvania squad, 3-2, in yesterday's Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament semifinal in Bristol, Conn., setting up a bridge-and-tunnel showdown Monday night against Staten Island's...
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB: Sawx escape in Texas In Arlington, Calif., Victor Martinez's two-out, two-run double keyed a six-run ninth inning that lifted the Red Sox to an 8-4 victory over the Rangers,...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
Why kill a good buzz? A Grove City, Pa., man was busted twice for drunken driving -- in just two hours. Donny Clark, 31, was first pulled over at 11:30...
THE TOOTH HURTS
THERE are two red flags immediately raised in Nick at Nite's new se ries, "Glenn Martin, DDS." For starters, what's with the laughtrack -- and why isn't there more exposition...
LEGEND LIVES UP TO NAME
JOHN Legend has made three multiplatinum albums earn ing him six Grammys, but there was something missing in the singer's life -- he never had a headlining gig at Madison...
CAUTIONARY TALE HAS WEAK ROOTS
IN the South Indian folk tale "A Flowering Tree," a woman turns herself into a tree. Composer John Adams hasn't quite been able to transform this story into an opera....
KATE RAISES CAIN
OSCAR winner Kate Winslet is attached to "Mildred Pierce," a miniseries adaptation based on the James M. Cain novel that won Joan Crawford a 1945 Oscar. Sources say HBO is...
JAY'S FIRST GUEST: JERRY
JERRY Seinfeld will be Jay Leno's first guest on his new prime-time show, NBC says. Seinfeld joins previously announced musical guests Jay Z, Kanye West and Rihanna. "The Jay Leno...
MONEY FOR NOTHING: GOV'S WELFARE GIVEAWAY
The state did away with the middle-class STAR rebate for 2009, but it's giving $200 to families on welfare to buy school supplies ("Free Money," Editorial, Aug. 10)? Once again,...
CS BROKER BLAMES TZOLOV
He's the greatest liar of all time! That was the dubious honor given to onetime fugitive banker Julian Tzolov yesterday by the defense attorney for Tzolov's former business partner Eric...
WHY THE PUBLIC ISN'T BUYING IT
THERE are more conserva tives than Republicans and more Democrats than lib erals. That's one of the asymmetries between the parties that helps to explain the particular political spot we're...
ALL BETS OFF FOR BETONSPORTS
Gary S. Kaplan, the founder of the now-defunct Internet gambling firm BetonSports Plc. who was indicted in 2006 for violating federal laws barring wagering, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering...
VIDEOGAME SALES FALL FOR 5TH MONTH
The US videogame market shrank for a fifth-straight month in July as the recession led consumers to cut spending on consoles and games. Sales of hardware, software and accessories in...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Blockbuster Blockbuster CEO James Keyes said the largest movie-rental chain may be more ag gressive in closing stores as it deploys as many as 10,000 rental kiosks by mid-2010. The...
GOOGLE PUTS MOVIE, TV PREVIEWS ON ADS
Google Inc., seeking new ways to make money from Internet-search advertising, is dressing up its plain-text search ads with movie and TV previews. After starting to test videos in its...
IT'S SLACK TO SCHOOL
The outlook for the crucial back-to-school season got cloudier for retailers, as industry stalwarts J.C.Penney and Abercrombie & Fitch suffered plunging sales and profits. Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries said yesterday...
FAIRFIELD'S OFFER NIXED
A hedge fund at the center of Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme was dealt a setback yesterday after state regulators in Massachusetts rejected the fund's settlement offer, while another...
IN THE BLACK(STONE)
At least he can still keep buying his costly crustaceans. Notoriously big spender Stephen Schwarzman has emerged as the highest-paid CEO in the US, hauling in an eye-popping $702.4 million...
TV 'NETS THINKING INSIDE THE BOX
A group of TV networks, advertisers and ad agencies is hoping to tackle the problem of measuring audiences across TV, cellphones and the Web, challenging rating giant Nielsen in the...
CALL ME 'PARANOID'
IF I went to a Democratic town hall, I'd probably boo, too. Hence, accord ing to various Democrats and supporters of ObamaCare, I'm paranoid and just a bit unpatriotic. Well,...
THE MAN BEHIND A'JAD
SINCE the disputed June pres idential election, turbaned mullahs have been edged out of Iranian TV by a new group of bearded men wearing military caps. The power shift is...
LES PAUL, 1915-2009
What would popular music sound like today had it not been for Les Paul? A lot different than it does. More so than just about any performer or composer, Les...
RUBEN DIAZ'S (ONE) BRIGHT IDEA
Bronx Sen. Ruben Diaz this week asked Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to launch a full investigation of nepotism in the New York state Legislature. That's not a bad idea. To...
RISKS OF THE TRADE
Four Harlem thugs learned the hard way Thursday that bursting into a business with intent to commit rob bery, then pistol-whipping an employee, is risky business. As indeed it should...
LACK OF CONFIDENCE DEFLATES STOCK MARKETS
Sagging consumer confidence took the air out of Wall Street's sails, wilting some of those frequently mentioned green shoots as traders were reminded that the economy remains in a recession....
JETS' SANCHEZ SPARKLES IN NFL DEBUT
Mark Sanchez needed one play to get his NFL career off to a rousing start. Sanchez completed a 48-yard pass to David Clowney on his first NFL play, and the...
PARNELL SHARP AS METS BEAT GIANTS
Bobby Parnell pitched six crisp innings in his second major league start and the New York Mets opened an important homestand with a 3-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants...
Rookie RB Brown out for season
By PAUL SCHWARTZALBANY -- The Giants suffered their first major injury of training camp whennear the end of tonight's practice rookie RB Andre Brown suffered aruptured left Achillies' tendon. He...